My blue flame agave isn't doing that well, I'm afraid.  There appear to be two issues.  

1. Large-ish brown spots appear on random leaves, often at the base.  I suppose that overwatering could be the source of this, but I don't really water it it very often, the spots aren't especially mushy, and there are no other signs of rot.
2. Unhealthy-looking yellow dots now adorn many of the leaves.  You can see a close-up in the last picture below.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on with my blue flame?  I'd welcome any advice...

Ah, succ-ers.  As you know, I LOVE taking pics of my succulents after a nice rain.  Here are some that I took a few days ago.

Aren't those gorgeous?  I particularly love the collection of droplets on the spider web that some little critter wove near my Agave lophantha "Quadricolor."

You've seen our dog Maisie helping me garden, right?  Well, as of about six months ago, we have a second succulent dog as well: Dexter.  He helps a little less directly than Maisie does, but he definitely provides moral support.

 

Don't you love running into succulents when you least expect them?  A few weeks ago, I ran a conference for work, which we held in Troutdale, Oregon at McMenamin's Edgefield.  The grounds were lovely, and included a golf course, spa, trails, breweries, restaurants, a pool hall, and more--definitely a great place for a conference.  But Kara Cactus notwithstanding, I don't think of Oregon as a place where succulents abound.  Happily, I was wrong!  Here are some pics I snapped on the Edgefield grounds as I was running hither and thither:

You know that one succulent you have that you love SO MUCH, you can't understand why it's not in everyone's collection, being sold everywhere, all the time?

For me, that succulent is crassula barklyi.  My own largest specimen is pictured here.  After I neglected it for two months, it finally started doing pretty well.  Look at all those babies sprouting out of the stack on the lower left-hand side. 

I love the structure of crassula barklyi.  If it's grown in perfect light (better than the light I can give it right now, alas), the stacks are almost perfectly smooth.  I'll admit that it's not the easiest crassula to propagate, but it's certainly not the hardest (I'm looking at you, c. columnaris).  

What's your own favorite "underrated" succulent?  I'd love to publish a list of readers' underrated favorites!  Either comment here or email me real quick and tell me the first one that comes to mind.  Pictures welcome, too.